Figure toy



Dec. 2, 1924. 1,518,108

- A. V. RAPE FIGURE TOY Filed Nov. 17, 1923 %j INVENTOR A 7 W M M WITNESS- I A'ITORNEY Patented Dec. 2, 1924.

ALFRED V. RAIPP, 0F AKRON, OHIO.

FIGURE TOY.

Application filed November 17, 1923. Serial No. 675,338.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it 'known that I, ALFRED V. Barr, a citizen of the United States, residing at Akron, in the county of Summit and State of Ohio, have invented new and useful Improvements in Figure Toys, of which the following is a specification.

One object of my present invention is the provision of a toy of simple and inexpensive construction adapted when put in motion on a supporting surface to afford considerable amusement to a child.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a toy that is so inexpensive in construction that it is feasible to use it as an advertising novelty for gratuitous distribution.

To the attainment of the foregoing, the invention consists in the improvement as hereinafter described and definitely claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification Figure 1 is a front elevation of my novel toy, showing the preferred embodiment of my invention.

Figure '2 is a rear elevation of the toy.

Figure 3 is an edge elevation of the toy.

Figure 4 is an elevation of the oscillatory element per se. I

Figure 5 is a top plan view of the toy.

Similar numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all of the views of the drawings.

Among other elements my novel toy comprises a circular base 1 of sufficient thickness to enable it to stand on a surface designated by 2. The said base 1 may be and preferably is in the form of a hollow box, and may be made of paper or any other material compatible with its purpose. In the upper portion of the base 1 and at opposite sides of the vertical median line thereof are provided slots 3.

In addition to the base 1 my novel toy comprises a figure body 4. The said figure body is formed of a piece of sufliciently stiff cardboard, the said piece of cardboard being punched out of a sheet so as to define a figure, preferably a grotesque figure, and the front and back being provided by folding the figure body along the top edge 5, and the front or front wall being provided with eye openings 6 punched therein, and the fold being provided with a slot 7 also punched therein.

The toy also comprises an oscillatory member 8 which is punched or otherwise produced from a sheet of sufficiently stiff cardboard and preferably in a shape to simulate arms as designated by 9 and also to simulate a tassel 10. It will further be noted that the member 8 is provided with dots 11 to simulate eye balls and is also embellished to simulate hands 12 on the arms 9. The said member 8 is interposed flatwise between the front and back walls of the figure body 1 and so that the shank 13 adjacent to the tassel 10 extends through and is adapted to move in the before mentioned slot. 7 in the fold 5. At 14 the member 8 is pivotal'ly connected to the front and back walls of the figure body 4E, and this pivotal connection may be effected by a pin, a piece of wire or any other available means.

The figure body 4: alluded to is shown as provided with legs 15, and at the lower ends of these legs are tabs 16 which are seated in the slots 3 of the base 1 so as to join the figure body 4 to the base.

It will be manifest from the foregoing that my novel toy is susceptible of being easily and inexpensively produced.

In the practical use of the novel toy, the toy is rocked on its circular base 1 whereupon the vertical oscillation of the arms 9 and the rolling of the eyes 11 of the member 8 relative to the figure body 4c and the eye openings 6 therein will impart to the toy a grotesque appearance calculated to afford amusement to a child and also calculated to attract the attention of adults, the latter being advantageous, of course, when the toy is used for advertising purposes. v

I have entered into a detailed description of the construction and relative arrangement of the parts embraced in the present and preferred embodiment of my invention in order to impart a full, clear and exact understanding of the said embodiment. I do not desire, however, to be understood as confining myself to the specific construction and relative arrangement of parts inasmuch as in the future practice of the invention various changes and modifications may be made such as fall within the scope of my invention as defined in my appended claims.

Having described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1s 1. A toy comprising a circular base of a thickness to stand of itself and having slots in its upper portion at opposite sides of its vertical median line, a figure body having tabs socketed in the said slots of the base and also having front and back Walls and eye openings in its front Wall, and an oscillatory member pivoted between the front and back Walls of the figure body and having arms extending laterally from said body and also having eye sin'iulations arranged to be exposed by said eye openings and also ranged to move relative to said eye openings to impart a grotesque appearance to the toy when the same is rocked on its base.

2. A toy comprising circular base of a thickness to stand of itself and having slots in its upper portion at opposite sides of its vertical median line, a figure body having tabs socketed in the said slots of the base and also having front and back Walls and eye openings in its front W ll, and an oscillatory member pivoted between the front and back Walls of the figure body and having arms extending laterally from said body and also having eye simulations arranged to be eizposed by said eye openings and also arranged to move relative to said eye openings to impart a grotesque appearance to the toy when the same is rocked on its base, the said figure body also having a slot in its upper end, and the oscillatory member having a portion extending through said slot and movable therein and also extending beyond the upper end of the figure body.

3. A toy comprising a circular base of a thickness to stand of itself, a figure body superimposed on and joined to the base and having eye openings, and an oscillatory member pivotally connected to the figure body and hidden in part by the same and having arms and also having eye representations arranged to be exposed by the said eye openings and also arranged to move rel ative to said eye openings.

4. A toy comprising a circular base, a figure body superimposed on and oined to said base and having front and back Walls and also having openings two of said openings being located to simulate eyes, and an oscillatory member pivoted between the fron and back Walls of the figure body and havi arms extending laterally from the figure body and also having eye representations arranged to be exposed through the e openings and to move relative to said openings.

5. A toy con'iprising a circular base, fix ure body superimposed on and oined to said base and having front and back Walls and also having openings, two of said openings being located to simulate eye openings, and an oscillatory member pivoted between the front and back Walls of the figure body and having arms extending laterally from the figure body and also having eye representations arranged to be exposed through the eye openings and to move relative to said openings: the figure body further having a slot in its upper end, and the oscillatory member being further provided With an up Wardly extending extension disposed and movable in said top opening of the figure body.

In testimony whereof I al'fix my signa ture.

ALFRED V. RAPP.

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